'Both feasible and valuable': GSK, Holcim, and Kering among first companies to adopt science-based nature targets

Michael Holder
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Science Based Targets Network announces first cohort of companies to secure validation for goals that aim to reduce corporate impacts on freshwater and land

Pharmaceuticals giant GSK, cement producer Holcim, and luxury fashion group Kering are among the first companies to secure official approval for new science-based nature targets, in what has been hailed...

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